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South Africa’s disabled live in poverty
17 May 2010
Many disabled South Africans are living in poverty without access to the government’s disability grant, a University of Johannesburg study has found.
“Contrary to popular beliefs that the disabled live on social grants, the study found that 61% of the respondents interviewed in eight of the poorest wards in Johannesburg are not accessing the disability grant,” said researcher Lauren Graham.
Graham said people with disabilities were still experiencing discrimination and were being “pushed to the margins of society”.
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